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Lest delegates sought to quench their thirst in a more frugal manner, the friendly organizers at the Garden had taken care of that too: All of the water fountains in the arena were conveniently running dry. This proved a problem for the medical team in section 66, members of which complained that dehydrated delegates had needed treatment at the First Aid station, along with a few “elderly delegates who had drank too much.” Easy, cowboy...
Lest delegates sought to quench their thirst in a more frugal manner, the friendly organizers at the Garden had taken care of that too: All of the water fountains in the arena were conveniently running dry. This proved a problem for the medical team in section 66, members of which complained that dehydrated delegates had needed treatment at the First Aid station, along with a few “elderly delegates who had drank too much.” Easy, cowboy...
...rates on a $3,000 home-repair loan will be a stretch. And yet not every cautious consumer is in the Kerry camp. After several months of joblessness, Jesse Roecke, 46, of Midland, Mich., will soon start work as a senior executive for Goodyear Tire & Rubber. He's more frugal now but unwilling to accept Kerry's rollback of tax cuts. "I believe there's a broad-based recovery," he says. "Bush was on the right track...
DIED. JEFF SMITH, 65, white-bearded United Methodist minister who became public television's popular Frugal Gourmet and wrote a series of accompanying best-selling cookbooks; of heart disease; in Seattle. He was forced off the air in 1997 after seven men filed a lawsuit alleging that he had sexually abused them as youths. He denied the allegations, and was never charged with a crime...
...Flat Pack Of Lies? IKEA denied a Swedish magazine's claim that the furniture maker's founder, Ingvar Kamprad, is the world's richest man, with a $53 billion treasure chest. The firm swatted away the accolade, pointing out that the famously frugal 77-year-old no longer owned the company. Still, he should be grateful he has the assembly instructions...